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| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of General George A. Custer. |
| Date: | 07 1865 |
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| Description: | Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Manning F. Force, Major General of volunteers, sometime after the Siege of Vicksburg where he was shot below his right... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Joseph Hooker. General Hooker received a commission of Brigadier General from President Lincoln followin... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee. |
| Date: | 02 26 1864 |
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| Description: | Engraved waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Captain George Henry Preble. Starting in 1861 Preble commanded the gunboat Katahdin, serving with Rear Admiral... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted portrait of Brigadier General John McArthur. At the start of the Civil War he was a colonel of an Illinois volunteer regiment, but after the Batt... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of officials and employees of the Wisconsin state administration, who made up Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk's "one-armed and one-legged" staff o... |
| Date: | 07 10 1872 |
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| Description: | A certificate admitting Colonel George E. Bryant to become a member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Johnny Catlin at age 12 when he was a drummer boy for the 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A cartoon of General Scott helping Jefferson Davis try on a shoe. Scott says: "Well, does that Union Shoe fit you?" And Davis replies: "Mr. Scott, this Uni... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Confederate President Jefferson Davis with his nose caught in a bear trap (Washington) while holding a confederate/pirate flag. Caption reads: "Jeff though... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis hanging by a noose in a tree with a serpent wrapped around it. The "SOUTHERN EAGLE" is flying in the background. Captions below read: "JEFF... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis hanging by a scarf held by the hand of Abraham Lincoln. Caption reads: "A Pretty Good Choke, (Joke,) on J.D. Verdict, — served him right." ... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | A large dog, (Winfield Scott), and a smaller dog (Jefferson Davis) discussing a piece of meat, (Washington D.C.). Perhaps a comment on the insignificance o... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | General Scott holding Jefferson Davis off the ground by the throat, with Davis' hat and sword falling to the ground. Text above reads: "Jeff in a tight pla... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the selling of tents for the Eighteenth Annual National Encampment, of Grand Army of the Republic, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 23,... |
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